Remote asset monitoring and control

A method of providing remote control of assets, the method comprising:

• by one or more processors executing program instructions:
• providing secure communications with one or more assets via one or more industrial controller devices, wherein the secure communications include communications with one or more inputs and one or more outputs associated with the one or more assets, and wherein at least one of the one or more assets is associated with a process;
• receiving, via the one or more industrial controller devices, operation data comprising one or more outputs associated with the one or more assets;
• providing a graphical user interface comprising:
• one or more icons, wherein the icons are user configurable and representative of assets of the process;
• one or more indicators, wherein the indicators are user configurable and associated with outputs of the assets;
• and
• one or more data input interfaces, wherein the data input interfaces are user configurable and associated with inputs of the assets;
• wherein an appearance of each of one or more of the icons or indicators is configured to change based at least in part on a condition comprising a threshold value applied to the operational data associated with a corresponding asset associated with a given icon or indicator, and the condition is user configurable;
• receiving, via the graphical user interface, a first user input selecting a first icon, of the one or more icons, associated with a first asset of the one or more assets;
• in response to receiving the first user input, causing display, in the graphical user interface, of a first one or more data input interfaces associated with a first one or more inputs of the first asset;
• receiving a second user input, via one of the first one or more data input interfaces, wherein the one of the first one or more input data interfaces is associated with a first input of first one or more inputs of the first asset;
• and
• transmitting the second user input to the first asset via at least one of the one or more industrial controller devices, wherein the second user input is configured to cause a change to an operational characteristic of the first asset.

A method of providing a remote dashboard providing control of assets, the method comprising:

• by one or more processors executing program instructions:
• providing secure communications with one or more assets via one or more industrial controller devices;
• receiving, via the one or more industrial controller devices, operational data comprising one or more outputs associated with the one or more assets, and wherein at least one of the one or more assets is associated with a process;
• providing a graphical user interface comprising one or more symbols and a dashboard;
• receiving a selection of a first symbol from the one or more symbols;
• generating and displaying a first icon corresponding to the first symbol on the dashboard of the graphical user interface, wherein the first icon is user configurable and representative of at least one asset of the process;
• displaying, in the graphical user interface, one or more user input interfaces associated with the first icon;
• receiving a first user input, via the one or more user input interfaces, identifying at least a first output associated with a first asset of the one or more assets;
• and
• in response to receiving the first user input:
• associating the first icon with the first asset;
• and
• generating and displaying, in the graphical user interface and associated with the first icon, an indicator configured to provide output information based on the first output associated with the first asset, wherein an appearance of the first icon or the indicator is configured to change based at least in part on a display condition comprising a threshold value applied to the operational data associated with the first asset, wherein the display condition is user configurable.